Hi Ladies and gents
i've been trying to setup a postfix server(with procmail) for the past week on rhel 5 and i have so had no luck.
i have so far managed to get postfix up and running.
However when i create a new user and set it up in thunderbird, when client is trying to check/send emails an error comes up saying wrong password. On the server end the maillog picks up a failed login sugggesting the user has typed incorrect details. Im certain its no the login details thats the problem here.
The connection uses imap port 993(although i have tried 143)..
the error in maillog is:
Mar 16 12:43:47 puny1 xinetd[1419]: EXIT: imaps status=1 pid=2227 duration=10(sec)
Mar 16 12:53:37 puny1 xinetd[1419]: START: imaps pid=2253 from=::ffff:133.37.65.154
Mar 16 12:53:38 puny1 imapd[2253]: Login failed user=aqib auth=aqib host=[133.37.65.154]
Mar 16 12:53:41 puny1 imapd[2253]: Login failed user=aqib auth=aqib host=[133.37.65.154]
Mar 16 12:53:44 puny1 imapd[2253]: Login failed user=aqib auth=aqib host=[133.37.65.154]
Mar 16 12:53:47 puny1 xinetd[1419]: EXIT: imaps status=1 pid=2253 duration=10(sec)

I hope you can help. this is the second time i have tried setting up the mail server and i didnt realise it was this tough...

The square brackets mean it authenticated you as 133.37.65.154. Is that kosher?
Post cat /etc/group |grep aqib from the postfix box

It is best to user the following documentation when learning Postfix.

Start with a simple configuration and add features as you learn.

http://www.postfix.org/BASIC_CONFIGURATION_README.html

When you can see the mail in the mailboxes, you can configure Dovecot or something similar.

http://www.dovecot.org/

hi business_kid, yes that is correct, thats the ip im trying to check emails from.
here is the group file:
aqib:x:534:

jamrock
thanks for the links, i will be going through them.
Although i havent set postifx up before i have been using it on an older server for sometime. just didnt think it was going to be such a puzzle :/

Mail servers are one of the more complex things you can do on any operating system.

You have to understand a number of different things.

How to send mail
How to set up mailboxes
How to receive mail
How to set up clients

This list is just for a basic mail server. It doesn't even include things like interfacing with OpenLDAP/Active Directory or protecting your mail server from spam and virus infections.

yeah but i thought it might be easier as i have an old box so it was just matter of copying themm over appropriately before i came across this issue about incoreect login. Its so meaningless as well, which doesnt help..